Q. I taught myself major, minor, augmented, diminished and 7th chords, but the problem is I don't know what to do next. I would like to play melodies and chord progressions, can someone point me in the right direction?
A. Next step is to listen to lots of music. What you'll find is that chords will just "naturally" fall into place. as stated before the most basic progression is I IV V I ("One" "Four" "Five" "One")
How is watching someone play the piano good for people who are beginners?
Q. How is watching professional pianists play the piano good for people who are beginners & want to learn to read music & play the piano?
A. A lot of what a professional pianist does will be far too fast for the human eye to catch. Far better to sit at a piano and find out what works and what doesn't. Piano lesson number one. A "C" chord contains C, E & G in any order with a C bass (playing a G or E bass under the C chord creates well known combinations you're ear will recognise). An "F" chord contains F, A & C with an F bass and A and C basses played underneath having similar effects to those described above. A "G" chord has G, B & D and again, having a G bass is normal but using a B and a D as a bass note is very common to achieve certain effects.
Learn those three chords, play around with adding other notes until your ear recognises how the combinations can fit together and practise like mad.
If you learn 6 or 7 chords, you'll have the basics to play enough songs to sing along to in the keys of C, F and G (once you add B flat chord and so on).
A C chord with an A bass is an A minor 7th and it's used LOTS. An F chord with a D bass is a D minor 7th and THAT is used lots too.
Are there any good piano fingering sites?
Q. I'm looking for a site that can tell me the fingering to scales, as well as arpeggios. I'm fine with knowing what notes are in what scale, just more how to use them.
Also it would really helpful if i talked about jazz scales too, such as modals, whole tone scale, diminished scale, superlocrian scale. And also jazz chords to like minor 7, major 7, dominant 7, half diminished 7, full diminished 7, augmented. Thanks.
A. Google Jamie Abersold and look at the pull down screens on his site. Full of free stuff.
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Title : I've learned piano chords, where do I go from here? How do I put chords together?
Description : Q. I taught myself major, minor, augmented, diminished and 7th chords, but the problem is I don't know what to do next. I would like t...